144 GAMES OF THE NORTH AMERICAN INDIANS  [eru. ann. 24 
OvamMeNntTKE. Bay of San Francisco, California. 
Louis Choris” (1816) says: 
Their games consist in throwing small pieces of wood, which fall either in 
odd or even numbers. or of others which are rounded on one side, and the game 
Fig. 162, Dice plaque; diameter, 23: inches; Miwok Indians, California: in the collection of Dr 
C. Hart Merriam. 
is lost or won according to whether the pieces of wood fall on the flat or round 
side. [See plate 111, 0.| 
Miwox. Mariposa county, California. (Cat. no. 70222, Field 
Columbian Museum.) 
Set of six split acorn dice with the shells removed. Collected by Dr 
J. W. Hudson. 
Tuolumne county, California. (Cat. no. 70221, Field Colum- 
bian Museum.) 
Flat basket tray, collected by Dr J. W. Hudson and described by him 
as used in a game called chatatha: 
Six halves of acorns are used as dice. Three up or three down, called king-é, 
counts 1; all up or down, called a-ti-ka, 2; all other turns, a-wu-ya, nothing. 
The flat round basket trays on which the dice are tossed are called hetal, from - 
a grass used as a warp in this basket. Hight stick counters, chi-ki-la-hu-hu, oak 
sticks, are piled between the opponents. When one side has won them, they 
are all handed to the loser, and must be won again. 
« Voyage Pittoresque Autour du Monde, p. 5, Paris, 1822. 
